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Text:Jesus, the Sinner's Friend
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:FEDERAL STREET
Composer:Henry Kemble Oliver
Media:MIDI file

3285. Jesus, the Sinner's Friend

1. Jesus, the sinner’s friend, to Thee,
Lost and undone, for aid I flee,
Weary of earth, myself, and sin:
Open Thine arms, and take me in.

2. Pity and heal my sin sick soul;
’Tis Thou alone canst make me whole;
Dark, till in me Thine image shine,
And lost, I am, till Thou art mine.

3. At last I own it cannot be
That I should fit myself for Thee:
Here, then, to Thee I all resign;
Thine is the work, and only Thine.

4. What shall I say Thy grace to move?
Lord, I am sin, but Thou art love;
I give up every plea beside—
Lord, I am lost, but Thou hast died.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, the sinner's friend, to Thee
Title: Jesus, the Sinner's Friend
Author: Charles Wesley (1739)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: FEDERAL STREET
Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver (1832)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 33343 55434 44334
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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